A Female Portrait Mask
15.24 cms x 15.24 cms x 8.89 cms (6 ins x 6 ins x 6 ins)
Signed and titled verso
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan and Canadian Indigenous Art" held on Sun, Apr 28, 2024.
Lot 19
Lot 19
Estimate: CAD $180 - $250
Realised: CAD $153
Realised: CAD $153
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Being sold on behalf of Indigenous Christian Fellowship, with 90% of the winning bid going to this Saskatchewan charity.
Notes:
Betty Joe was born in 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia, of Cowichan/Kwakwaka'wakw heritage. She takes the Sea Wolf as her family crest, and has strong relations to the Coast Salish. She learned to carve under her uncle, artist Simon Charlie, and has been carving for over twenty years, specializing in masks, using alder, cedar and pine.
Being sold on behalf of Indigenous Christian Fellowship, with 90% of the winning bid going to this Saskatchewan charity.
Notes:
Betty Joe was born in 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia, of Cowichan/Kwakwaka'wakw heritage. She takes the Sea Wolf as her family crest, and has strong relations to the Coast Salish. She learned to carve under her uncle, artist Simon Charlie, and has been carving for over twenty years, specializing in masks, using alder, cedar and pine.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.